Sarasota-Bradenton, FL: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 81.4°F in Sarasota-Bradenton, FL, tying the record for the warmest May, set in 2024, in 115 years since 1911 (1913 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing); provisional.

May 2026

Mean temperature: 81.4°F; Ties the record; Warmest of 115, provisional
Precipitation: 5.07 in; Wettest since 2018; 20th wettest of 116

A normal May in Sarasota-Bradenton, FL (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 77.5°F, between 75.4°F and 79.5°F in eight years of ten and 2.03 in of precipitation, between 0.42 in and 6.98 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Sarasota-Bradenton, FL since 1911: 81.4°F in 2026, tied for the highest with 2024.

Normal range, 75.4 to 79.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Sarasota-Bradenton, FL from 1911 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	81.4	1	88.8	12	74	1	5.07	20	0
2025	80.1	5	87.3	45	72.9	3	2.80	48	0
2024	81.4	1	89.7	6	73.1	2	0.02	113	2
2023	78.3	14	87	50	69.6	12	2.27	56	0
2022	78.8	11	87.4	40	70.3	8	4.26	29	0
2021	78.6	13	88.4	23	68.9	18	0.29	103	0
2020	77.9	26	86.1	78	69.7	10	2.26	57	0
2019	80.7	3	90.1	3	71.4	4	1.78	69	0
2018	77.4	34	86.2	76	68.6	20	6.97	10	0
2017	78.9	10	88.3	26	69.5	13	5.05	21	0
2016	78.3	14	87.3	45	69.4	15	4.77	24	0
2015	78.1	20	88	30	68.2	23	4.80	23	0
2014	77.5	33	86.7	62	68.3	22	7.05	9	0
2013	75.8	71	85.3	101	66.3	50	2.01	63	0
2012	79.4	9	88.1	28	70.7	7	2.04	62	0
2011	76.9	40	86.5	70	67.4	30	1.97	64	0
2010	79.6	6	88.4	23	70.8	6	0.84	92	0
2009	77.1	37	85.3	101	68.8	19	3.82	35	3
2008	78.2	18	87	50	69.4	15	1.68	71	0
2007	76.7	47	86.9	57	66.5	46	trace	115	0
2006	76.3	55	85.4	98	67.2	33	1.20	85	0
2005	75.4	81	83.7	115	67.2	33	3.62	37	0
2004	77	38	86.4	73	67.6	29	0.97	90	0
2003	78.7	12	86.1	78	71.4	4	2.08	60	0
2002	78.1	20	88	30	68.1	25	1.45	81	1
2001	74.8	94	85	107	64.7	74	1.57	77	1
2000	77	38	86.6	68	67.3	32	0.45	98	0
1999	76.1	62	88.5	20	63.7	85	2.05	61	0
1998	76.9	40	88.5	20	65.3	65	3.41	40	0
1997	76.3	55	86.7	62	65.9	53	3.27	41	0
1996	77.6	29	88	30	67.2	33	9.52	1	0
1995	80.7	3	91.2	1	70.1	9	1.48	80	0
1994	78.2	18	89.6	7	66.7	41	0.18	106	0
1993	75.3	84	86.5	70	64.1	83	1.53	79	0
1992	74.2	105	86	84	62.3	106	0.15	108	0
1991	79.5	7	89.6	7	69.5	13	9.39	2	0
1990	79.5	7	90.4	2	68.6	20	1.91	66	0
1989	76.6	48	88.6	18	64.5	76	2.44	52	1
1988	74.7	95	86	84	63.3	92	2.55	50	0
1987	76.6	48	87.5	37	65.6	58	2.87	46	0
1986	76.3	55	88.2	27	64.4	78	1.93	65	0
1985	77.2	36	88.8	12	65.4	63	1.34	82	1
1984	76.1	62	87.5	37	64.8	71	2.38	54	0
1983	75.1	89	87	50	63.3	92	1.17	86	0
1982	74.4	101	85.5	95	63.2	96	1.13	88	0
1981	75.3	84	87	50	63.6	89	1.67	73	0
1980	75.7	73	85.7	91	65.7	56	4.10	32	0
1979	75.4	81	85.8	89	64.9	68	4.29	28	0
1978	76.9	40	86.6	68	67.2	33	9.34	3	0
1977	74.4	101	85.8	89	63	99	1.00	89	0
1976	75.9	68	85.3	101	66.6	44	6.14	11	0
1975	78	25	88.1	28	68	27	1.83	67	0
1974	77.6	29	88.7	16	66.4	48	0.81	94	0
1973	75.3	84	85.2	105	65.3	65	0.13	110	0
1972	76.2	58	85.5	95	66.8	40	1.60	75	0
1971	74.7	95	85.6	93	63.8	84	0.87	91	1
1970	75.1	89	87.4	40	62.7	102	5.30	16	2
1969	75.9	68	86.7	62	65.1	67	5.86	14	0
1968	75.5	77	85.7	91	65.4	63	5.88	13	0
1967	75.6	75	86.3	74	64.9	68	0.16	107	0
1966	76.5	50	86	84	66.9	38	2.87	46	0
1965	75.5	77	87.8	34	63.3	92	0.28	104	0
1964	75.8	71	87	50	64.7	74	1.69	70	0
1963	76.4	52	87.4	40	65.5	60	4.24	30	0
1962	74.7	95	86.1	78	63.3	92	0.82	93	0
1961	75.6	75	86.7	62	64.5	76	4.98	22	0
1960	73.7	109	86.1	78	61.4	111	1.68	71	0
1959	77.6	29	88	30	67.2	33	8.18	7	0
1958	76.5	50	86.5	70	66.4	48	1.82	68	0
1957	76.9	40	87	50	66.9	38	9.26	4	0
1956	77.6	29	88.6	18	66.5	46	1.25	84	0
1955	76.4	52	86.8	60	65.9	53	0.50	97	0
1954	75.3	84	85	107	65.6	58	8.56	6	1
1953	78.1	20	88.8	12	67.4	30	0.02	113	0
1952	75.1	89	85.4	98	64.8	71	0.15	108	0
1951	76.8	45	84.5	111	69.2	17	0.10	111	0
1950	78.3	14	86.9	57	69.7	10	1.62	74	0
1949	76.2	58	88.8	12	63.7	85	0.65	96	0
1948	75.7	73	87.2	47	64.2	80	4.74	25	0
1947	75.5	77	85.4	98	65.5	60	0.38	100	0
1946	78.3	14	88.5	20	68.2	23	3.15	43	0
1945	74.6	100	87.2	47	62	109	0.10	111	0
1944	75.5	77	87.4	40	63.5	90	2.30	55	0
1943	77.9	26	89.8	5	66	51	0.40	99	0
1942	74.9	92	86.9	57	62.8	101	1.29	83	2
1941	74.3	104	87.5	37	61	113	0.00	116	0
1940	73.1	113	85.1	106	61	113	0.30	102	0
1939	74.9	92	86.7	62	63	99	4.62	26	0
1938	77.8	28	89.9	4	65.7	56	3.22	42	0
1937	75.4	81	87	50	63.7	85	1.14	87	0
1936	76.2	58	86.8	60	65.5	60	5.20	17	0
1935	78.1	20	89.5	9	66.7	41	0.76	95	0
1934	76.4	52	86.1	78	66.7	41	7.52	8	0
1933	78.1	20	88.4	23	67.8	28	1.60	75	0
1932	76.2	58	88.7	16	63.7	85	2.73	49	0
1931	73.5	110	84.2	112	62.7	102	3.05	45	0
1930	76.1	62	86.2	76	66	51	3.75	36	0
1929	77.4	34	89.1	11	65.8	55	2.40	53	0
1928	72.9	114	84.2	112	61.6	110	2.22	58	0
1927	76	66	89.4	10	62.7	102	0.26	105	0
1926	74.1	107	86.1	78	62.2	107	3.13	44	0
1925	74.7	95	86.3	74	63.2	96	6.11	12	0
1924	74	108	86.7	62	61.2	112	0.36	101	0
1923	74.2	105	85.9	88	62.6	105	4.01	33	0
1922	76	66	87.6	35	64.4	78	5.20	17	0
1921	73.5	110	84.8	109	62.1	108	9.05	5	0
1920	74.4	101	84.6	110	64.2	80	2.20	59	0
1919	74.7	95	86	84	63.5	90	4.56	27	0
1918	75.9	68	87.6	35	64.2	80	5.18	19	0
1917	71.8	115	84.1	114	59.6	115	1.55	78	1
1916	75.2	88	85.5	95	64.8	71	3.42	39	0
1915	76.8	45	87.1	49	66.6	44	5.36	15	0
1914	76.1	62	87.4	40	64.9	68	3.48	38	0
1913			85.3	101			2.52	51	31
1912	76.9	40	85.6	93	68.1	25	3.84	34	0
1911	73.4	112	83.7	115	63.1	98	4.24	30	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2026	81.4
2024	81.4
2019	80.7
1995	80.7
2025	80.1
2010	79.6
1991	79.5
1990	79.5
2012	79.4
2017	78.9

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1917	71.8
1928	72.9
1940	73.1
1911	73.4
1931	73.5
1921	73.5
1960	73.7
1924	74
1926	74.1
1992	74.2
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1996	9.52
1991	9.39
1978	9.34
1957	9.26
1921	9.05
1954	8.56
1959	8.18
1934	7.52
2014	7.05
2018	6.97

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1941	0.00
2007	trace
2024	0.02
1953	0.02
1951	0.10
1945	0.10
1973	0.13
1992	0.15
1952	0.15
1967	0.16

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 95°F; 19 May 2026
Coldest night: 66°F; 3 May 2026
Wettest day: 1.95 in; 19 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 5.07 in of precipitation in Sarasota-Bradenton, FL, the wettest May since 2018, 20th wettest of 116.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Sarasota-Bradenton, FL: 95°F on Tuesday 19 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Sarasota-Bradenton, FL: a low of 66°F on Sunday 3 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Sarasota-Bradenton, FL: 1.95 in on Tuesday 19 May 2026.